A variety of notables were in action this past weekend, and winners included John Alessio, Roan Carneiro, Ken Shamrock, Jason High, Lucio Linhares and Chase Beebe.

The fights took place in organizations around the world.

Many, though, came from Saturday’s Ultimate Glory event in the Netherlands, where the first round of the organization’s eight-man welterweight “World Series” tournament kicked off.

Alessio (30-13), a UFC and WEC veteran, submitted former M-1 and Sengoku fighter Sergey Golyaev (17-8) with a second-round kimura to advance to the semis, which take place Jan. 30 in Belgium. Alessio, who told MMAjunkie.com Radio this past week that he’d like to make a return to the UFC or another major organization, now has won six straight fights.

Other semifinal qualifiers included UFC vet Roan Carneiro (14-8), who earned a decision win over Luis Ramos (16-6); Siyar Bahadurzada (18-4-1), who scored a first-round TKO of Derrick Noble (25-15-1), who was a late replacement for injured Nick Thompson; and local fighter Hracho Darpinyan (4-2), who posted a 47-second knockout of Robert Jocz (19-6), who had won 15 of his previous 16 fights.

In the Ultimate Glory main event, promotional regular and Golden Glory fighter Tommy Depret (8-3) cinched a 36-second submission victory over former UFC lightweight David Bielkheden (16-8). (A scheduled bout between recently crowned Strikeforce women’s welterweight champ Marloes Coenen and Lena Buytendijk was a late scratch from the card.).

Shamrock (28-14-2), a 46-year-old who owned just one victory in six years and his previous seven fights, got back in the win column with a decision win over journeyman Johnathan Ivey (29-43) in the headliner of Saturday’s USA MMA’s “Return of the Champions” main event in Lafayette, La.

High (11-3), who was released by the UFC earlier this year after just a single loss, scored a first-round TKO of undefeated Canadian welterweight Keto Allen (5-1) in the headliner of Friday’s HeatXC 6 “Bragging Rights” event in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Linhares (14-6), who was released from the UFC in March after back-to-back losses to Rousimar Palhares and Yushin Okami, needed a mere 28 seconds to stop fellow middleweight Mitch Whitesel (15-16) with punches Saturday in Finland’s popular Fight Festival organization. It was Linhares’ first fight since the UFC release.

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